Taylor Rogers is planning to keep going in 2027, and the left-hander could wind up right back where he feels most at home. After finishing his 11th MLB season, Rogers wants to play through what will be his age-36 campaign, with the Twins and Blue Jays shaping up as the most natural landing spots.
According to the Minnesota Star Tribune’s Bobby Nightengale, Rogers would ideally like to stay with Minnesota for another season or sign with Toronto so he can reunite with his twin brother Tyler in the Blue Jays’ bullpen.
Rogers returned to the Twins last winter on a one-year, $2MM deal after spending the first six years of his career in Minnesota and then bouncing around to five different teams across the 2022-25 seasons. In 60 1/3 innings this year, he logged a 4.33 ERA and a 4.58 SIERA, with an 11.2% walk rate and a 19.6% strikeout rate. Both marks were career lows for Rogers, and his 34.6% ground-ball rate was the lowest of his career as well.
Still, there were some clear bright spots in the profile. Rogers posted a 28% hard-hit ball rate, the best of his career and a number that placed him in the 98th percentile of all pitchers in 2026.
He also allowed just five home runs, giving him a career-best 6% homer rate. The one catch was a .331 BABIP, which muted some of the benefit from all that weak contact.
The split against hitters was familiar enough. Rogers held left-handed batters to a .696 OPS, while righties did more damage at .860. Even so, he was used mostly in lower-leverage spots and saw nearly equal action against both sides.
Beyond the numbers, Rogers brought value to Minnesota’s bullpen room. Bullpen coach LaTroy Hawkins praised him for helping younger pitchers and said Rogers also helped him settle in during his first year as a big league coach. Hawkins will return in 2027, though the Twins won’t retain pitching coach Pete Maki or assistant pitching coach Luis Ramirez.
That mix of familiarity, leadership and history with the organization makes another Twins reunion easy to picture. Rogers’ next contract is expected to be in the same neighborhood as the $2MM he made in 2026, a range that would also fit the Blue Jays or any club looking for a veteran bullpen arm.
Toronto could make plenty of sense. Its relievers made 1176 appearances in 2025-26, the most in baseball, and Mason Fluharty was the team’s only somewhat reliable left-handed reliever last season.
Rogers also already knows what it’s like to work alongside Tyler, since the brothers pitched together with the Giants in 2023-24. If the Blue Jays have interest, the reunion could come at Rogers Centre in a very fitting twist.
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